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Aymen Mahmoud is the European Head of Finance and Co-Head of both the London Transactions Group, and the London Finance, Restructuring and Special Situations Group. He is also Managing Partner of the Firm’s London office. He focuses his practice on complex debt financing transactions for private equity funds and their portfolio companies, hedge funds, corporate borrowers and issuers and other financial institutions including banks, direct lenders, family offices and other alternative sophisticated capital. His experience includes acting in respect of direct lending, leveraged buyouts, domestic and cross-border syndicated senior, second lien and mezzanine lending, distressed debt trading, portfolio acquisitions and restructurings, emerging markets and other debt securities, including high-yield debt offerings. Aymen also has significant experience in connection with pre-EBITDA and recurring revenue financings.

Aymen has been described as a “uniquely commercial and creative transaction leader” as well as “savvy, knowledgeable, always available and always on the ball” by Legal 500 and Chambers note him to be “extremely commercial and pragmatic.” He played a key role in first establishing the Loan Market Association forms of leveraged and high yield documentation and has been recognized in numerous significant awards, including Global Restructuring Review’s global “40 under 40” rankings in 2022, Mergerlinks‘ Top 30 Financing Lawyers in EMEA in 2023 and Financial News “Most Influential Lawyer” list in 2026.

Ellen Marie Snare focuses her practice on finance and restructuring. She has significant experience handling matters in connection with private equity financings – including leveraged buyouts, dividend recapitalizations and tack-on acquisitions – as well as mezzanine, second lien and other junior-capital financings, asset-based lending, high-yield bond financings, workouts, and in-court and out-of-court restructurings.

Ellen has represented numerous lenders and borrowers in multimillion-dollar secured and unsecured transactions involving a range of industries, including the healthcare, food and beverage, agricultural, commodities, manufacturing, electrical power, oil and gas, technology and financial services sectors. Her client roster includes financial institutions, private equity sponsors, and other public and private issuers and borrowers.